A rare look at a spectacular show of nature, as gray whales make a splash off the coast of Southern California. They've made an impressive comeback and are giving the economy of that region a real boost.

The annual grey whale migration is in full swing, and it's a bumper year to view the lumbering leviathans off the California coast. The vast mammals - an endangered species elsewhere, but apparently thriving in the eastern Pacific

Vancouver Aquarium researchers have discovered a unique pack of killer whales that are plundering massive grey whales with hunting methods never seen before. Dr. Lance Barrett-Lennard says the newly discovered group of over 150 transient killer whales

The marathon swimmers of the whale world are the greys, which make annual, round-trip migrations of up to 22,530 kilometres.
In October, the whales begin to leave feeding grounds in the Bering and Chukchi seas and head south for mating and calving lago

As a giant gray whale hurled itself out of the water and splashed back in with a thundering sound, a team of marine biologists off the coast of Russia's Sakhalin Island roared in awe and excitement.
"No word could describe the sheer beauty of this

They were one of the triumphs of conservation worldwide. Grey whales were hunted to the brink of extinction in the 1850s after the discovery of calving lagoons, and again in the early 1900s with the introduction of floating whaling factories. In 1937,

Save the World's last Unspoiled Gray Whale Nursery at San Ignacio Lagoon in Baja, Mexico ~ Baja, Mexico (rushprnews) April 2, 2007 - The Mexican government has just announced that 109,000 acres of federal lands surrounding this spectacular whale habitat..

DEPOE BAY - They each measure 40-45 feet long, weigh about 70,000 pounds and are hungry. Thousands of gray whales pass the Oregon coast this month on their annual spring journey to summer feeding grounds in the Arctic. One of the "Biggest Shows on Earth".